Gosh!I know it's a stupid question, but do you really *have* to do that? Are there serious consequences? Or are you doing it because you promised/you want to finish/you feel you'll let people down if you don't do it/etc?

Sometimes in life you need to stop (either voluntarily or something makes you do that) and really look at how you're living, and the realisation of what is important or not may actually surprise you...

I want to apologize to the forum for not beeing able to stay in touch very well the last days and comparing my personal stress with the ones you all have gives me actually no excuse to call myself stressed or struggled.

I had some annoying changed at work which about trippled my workload and also makes me feel beeing watched since I am not all alone by myself anymore, which makes me really uncomfortable. I am a very introverted person and I feel really tired and stressed out by talking and engaging with many people on a face to face basis and not beeing able to check out the forum from time to time or distract me a little from work for even 5 minutes feels really heavy on both body and mind.

The good thing is I only see this as a problem in my head, I can´t remember the exact words or who it was but there was a guy who once said something like this "I engaged many problems in my life, most of them were not real". I want to engage more with the forum, help more people again I know and work more on my private stuff.

I hope you all stay healthy or get well soon and don´t overwork yourself. Always find a way to refresh a little and find peace even in the most chaotic time, a little peace always makes wonders happen.

comparing my personal stress with the ones you all have gives me actually no excuse to call myself stressed or struggled.

Please don't say this, @Slaykomimi. Each person has their own problems, and they are important to yourself, so there's no reason to compare.

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I am a very introverted person

Yay, another one

I relate a lot to what you said, I hope things start to feel better soon. Maybe it's just the change? I now tend not to worry if people see me on the forum for a bit, I'm still doing my work properly...

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"Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all" - Douglas Adams

As for me, I'm back to being home alone*contented sigh*I love them, but gosh, 4 extra people really mess up my routines, my tidy things and my recharging space... I've been getting really sleepy earlier, then wake up in the middle of the night and can't fall asleep again, and just worry...I think it was the right amount of time to be with them, hehe

Take heart Henry, these difficulties will provide context for the satisfaction that comes later. Good luck with everything - you're on the cusp of a new home and a promotion, and you have much to look forward to once this rough patch is behind you.

The Gem Cutter"Each time, there is the same problem: do I dare? And then if you do dare, the dangers are there, and the help also, and the fulfillment or the fiasco. There's always the possibility of a fiasco. But there's also the possibility of bliss." - Joseph Campbell

I do need to be able to tell my friends when I'm not ok or need to talk about the cancer experience yet again, without fear of bothering or boring them...

I think I speak for everyone when I say that when those moments come, we will stand with you. It is an honor when people reach out for solace or encouragement, a privilege to be approached when things turn sour.

The Gem Cutter"Each time, there is the same problem: do I dare? And then if you do dare, the dangers are there, and the help also, and the fulfillment or the fiasco. There's always the possibility of a fiasco. But there's also the possibility of bliss." - Joseph Campbell

I just got back from my favourite watering hole. I mostly go there to jot down story ideas during happy hour, but on rare occasions I actually do get into human interaction. Tonight I got chatting with two fellas who sat at the same table. One of them is married to a woman who works at one of Akureyri's elementary schools, with autistic students. After I said I was autistic myself, and got into my lectures a bit, he said he'd noticed basically the moment I spoke to me.

He gave me his wife's phone number, and tomorrow I'll talk to her about doing a lecture for the teachers.

Aside from that I spent about two hours talking to those guys about myself, them, and life in general.

A total, complete suck day.My super-power of “always cheerful” is being hit by kryptonite between changes at work and yet another day when my left lung has decided to get in the way of things.Feeling angry, frustrated, and self-pitying.

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